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What is the value of x in the figure shown?
A. 30°
B. 40°
C. 50°
D. 60°
E. 70°
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What is the value of x in the figure shown?
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16 Mar 2020, 06:21
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The third side of the two right triangles comes to be 24.
Hence, the main tiangle is isosceles.
Further, since sum of all three angles in a triangle = 180
Therefore x + 2*65 = 180
X=50
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Hence, the main tiangle is isosceles.
Further, since sum of all three angles in a triangle = 180
Therefore x + 2*65 = 180
X=50
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Re: What is the value of x in the figure shown?
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Bunuel wrote:
What is the value of x in the figure shown?
A. 30°
B. 40°
C. 50°
D. 60°
E. 70°
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Answer: Option C
